These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.

Queen Esther, seized with mortal anguish, prayed: “Now help me, who am alone and have no one but you, O LORD, my God.” (Est C:14)

When your back’s against the wall and there’s no one to help, the anguished prayer cuts to the heart. As my grandmother used to say, “Sometimes God needs reminding!”